Amazon synod Archives

‘Loving neighbor as yourself implies caring for earth,’ theologian says

Amazon synod, Catholic News Service
Oct 22, 2019

The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is calling Catholics to an ecological conversion in their personal lives and in the church throughout the world, a theologian participating in the synod said.

‘We are all responsible’: Bishop urges lifestyle change to protect Amazon

Amazon synod, Catholic News Service
Oct 22, 2019

Solutions to environmental problems discussed at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon must involve not just Amazonian nations, but countries in Europe and North America, bishops said.

From sidewalk weeds to Amazon waterways, the wonders of creation abound

Amazon synod, Catholic News Service
Oct 22, 2019

Amid the forest of statistics, people risk losing sight of the wonder St. Francis of Assisi felt when contemplating his brothers, wind and air, and his sisters, water and Mother Earth.

Perhaps it’s fitting that Pope Francis now has his own ‘Cadaver Synod’

Amazon synod, News Analysis
Oct 22, 2019

On Monday, a video emerged of two men stealing an indigenous statue of a naked pregnant woman that had been on display in a Roman church and then, bit by bit, tossing smashed pieces of the image into the Tiber River. There is actually precedent for Monday’s mise-en-scène, involving tossing not a figurine into the Tiber but a pope.

Veteran cardinal at Amazon synod says criticism of a pope is nothing new

Amazon synod
Oct 21, 2019

Although he’s now nearing the mandatory retirement age of 75, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna, Austria, was a young pup when he was first named a bishop almost 30 years ago, which means he’s seen a lot of water under the bridge.

Ironic collision of two Sunday stories raises question of what a “poor Church” means

News Analysis
Oct 21, 2019

The ironic juxtaposition of two stories on the same day illustrates a chronic confusion within the Church about what an “option for the poor” actually means.